-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The airline operating an Airbus A310-300 jet that crashed in the Indian Ocean on Tuesday with 153 people aboard was being monitored by EU authorities , according to France 's transport minister .

An Airbus 310 like the one pictured crashed while on the way to the capital of Comoros .

Dominique Bussereau told French television that inspectors in his country had also noted several faults on the doomed Yemenia Airways plane , Agence France-Presse reported .

`` The company was not on the blacklist -LRB- of airlines banned from European airspace -RRB- but was being subjected to closer inspection by us and was due to soon be heard by the security committee of the European Union , '' Bussereau said .

The Airbus A310 was inspected in France in 2007 by the French civil aviation authority and `` a certain number of faults had been noted . ''

`` The plane had not since then reappeared in our country , '' he added .

However , Chris Yates , an aviation analyst for Jane 's Information Group , said he suspected weather and/or airport failings were a greater factor in the crash than a technical fault . Recent plane crashes ''

`` It 's more than likely to be a weather-related incident . Having said that , you can not rule out a maintenance issue , '' Yates told CNN .

Yemenia Air had used the jet since 1999 , on about 17,300 flights , Airbus officials said . The company said it would assist in investigating the crash .

`` We are extremely saddened and our thoughts are with the families , friends and loved ones affected by this accident , '' Airbus spokeswoman Maggie Bergsma told CNN .

`` We are giving our maximum support and assistance to the authorities and the airline . ''

`` This includes a team of Airbus experts that will go on site and our crisis center has been open since early this morning , where our specialists work in direct contact with the airline and the authorities , '' Bergsma added .

`` The task now is to gather as much information as possible , including retrieval of the black boxes , to help us understand what happened . This will need time and patience . ''

It is the second crash involving an Airbus jet in a month . On June 1 , an Air France Airbus A330 crashed off Brazil while en route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris , France . All 228 aboard are presumed dead . The cause remains under investigation .

In the wake of the Air France crash on June 1 , United States accident investigators have been probing two recent failures of airspeed and altitude indications aboard Airbus A330s .

One flight was between the United States and Brazil in May and the other between Hong Kong and Japan in June . The planes landed safely and there were no injuries or damage , according to the National Transportation Safety Board .

CNN 's Saad Abedine and Ayesha Durgahee contributed to this report .

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EU concerned about airline operating jet that crashed in Indian Ocean

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Jet was carrying more than 150 people to island of Comoros from Yemen

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French officials noted faults with Airbus A310 when they inspected it in 2007